In what way does it violate the Old Town Design guidelines?
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- Yes
- To some degree/in some manner
- No
- Not applicable or otherwise confusing
Old Town - General Characteristics:The general characteristics of Old Town include:
• historic buildings ranging in height from one to five storeys
• classically-inspired proportion and building elements
• load-bearing brick and stone buildings and details and forms that accompany load-bearing masonry
• architecturally distinctive buildings at street heads
• rounded or splayed building corners, often with corner entrances, at street intersections
• buildings at street intersections with asymmetrical facades terminating in a taller corner element
• pedestrian paths, mews, and courtyards within / through blocks
• shop windows at street level displaying merchandise
• rich detailing, craftsmanship and colour of street / alley elevations
• views of harbour, mountains and hills on street ends
• cohesiveness of buildings and spaces that are neighbourly yet dense
Old Commercial District - Special Characteristics:The special characteristics of the old commercial district include:
• the views of the Inner Harbour from Wharf Street, Bastion Square, and Fort Street
• the street plan, including alleyways and courtyards, and city blocks of various shapes and sizes including small blocks
• the architectural differences seen in the buildings and streets; the identification of the oldest streets closest to the water, and newer streets and buildings farther inland
• Government Street, the central orienting spine of the old commercial district, defined by a streetscape of businesses including historic banks, offices, and shops
• the density and intact street front character of historic streetscapes created by the distinct collection of nineteenth and twentieth century (1880-1910) commercial and administrative buildings built up to the property line
• the varying heights averaging four storeys that contribute to the rich skyline texture of the street frontages
• prevailing American neo-classical commercial architectural styles overlain with Victorian applied ornament on functional brick structures
• the prominent use of brick masonry construction, such as the use of arched entryways into brick buildings
• articulated, three dimensional nature of facades and skylines
Waterfront - Special Characteristics:The special characteristics of the waterfront area of Old Town include:
• the intersection of bridge, harbour, and street
• building types and spaces associated with the functions of a commercial harbour
• buildings over the water, vessels, floatplanes, buoys and marks, wharves, pontoons, piles, boat ramps, davits and ladders, hawsers , bollards, and mooring rings
• random rubble stonework, brick masonry, and iron shutters and doors
• stone and brick retaining walls
• buildings with an industrial aesthetic
• dual-aspect structures that present a commercial frontage to Wharf Street and a harbour frontage to the water
• the rich texture of the land / water edge resulting from conditions including inter-tidal beaches, projecting structures, inundations, and reclamations
• Load-bearing masonry buildings, and details and forms that accompany load-bearing masonry surrounded by subordinate lighter wood and metal structures
• the constantly changing water’s edge resulting from the movement of vessels, the trans-shipping of cargo, and the state of the tide
• the glimpses of water seen between buildings, down alleyways and slips, and on street axes
Mermaid Wharf is valued for its response to the defining characteristics of the Old Town waterfront:
One of the few new waterfront developments within the Old Town Conservation Area, 407 Swift Street is valued for its response to the defining characteristics of the Old Town waterfront. The characteristics that underlie the building’s value include:
• the dual aspect structure that presents a façade inspired by warehouse design toward the water and a façade inspired by commercial architecture toward Swift Street
• the use of vast expanses of brick and small metal balconies reminiscent of warehouse fire escapes
• absence of ornament/use of an industrial aesthetic
• waterfront landscaping including wharves, docks, piles, and indigenous plant material
RESULTS:32 applicable criteria out of 35 (three criteria not applicable or otherwise confusing)
21 full marks
10 half-marks
1 strike
26 out of 32 = 81.25%